Basie in Sweden

Basie in Sweden (subtitled Recorded Live in Concert featuring Louis Bellson on Drums) is a live album by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie, featuring tracks recorded at an amusement park in Sweden in 1962 and originally released on the Roulette label.^[1][2]

Basie in Sweden
Live album by Count Basie and His Orchestra
Released	1962
Recorded	August 10–12, 1962
Venue	Dans In, Gröna Lund (Stockholm, Sweden)
Genre	Jazz
Label	Roulette
Producer	Teddy Reig
Count Basie chronology
Back with Basie (1962) Basie in Sweden (1962) Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Little Pony" (Neal Hefti) – 2:25
2. "Plymouth Rock" (Hefti) – 7:00
3. "Backwater Blues" (Bessie Smith) – 5:06
4. "Who Me" (Frank Foster) – 3:23
5. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 3:30
6. "Backstage Blues" (Don Elliott, Terry Gibbs, Urbie Green) – 5:00
7. "Good Time Blues" (Ernie Wilkins) – 5:00
8. "Peace Pipe" (Wilkins) – 4:35

• Recorded at the Dans In at Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden, on August 10 (track 5), August 11 (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6 & 7) & August 12 (tracks 3 & 8), 1962

Personnel

• Count Basie – piano
• Benny Bailey (tracks 1, 4 & 6), Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Thad Jones, Fip Ricard – trumpet
• Henry Coker, Quentin Jackson, Åke Persson (tracks 1, 4 & 6), Benny Powell – trombone
• Marshal Royal, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
• Eric Dixon, Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
• Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
• Freddie Green – guitar
• Ike Isaacs – bass
• Louis Bellson – drums
• Irene Reid – vocals (track 3)